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Library Catalogs
Bowdoin College Library Catalog
Books, videos, government documents, etc. in Bowdoin's library.
NExpress
A combined catalog containing the library holdings of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Wellesley,
Williams, Middlebury, and Northeastern. Requests take 2-3 days.
MaineCat
Includes the holdings of most Maine libraries. Requests take 2-5 days
WorldCat
A combined database of many library catalogs worldwide. Request items found in WorldCat through our Interlibrary Loan service.
Core Databases
- PsycArticles [about]
PsycArticles
Coverage Dates: 1894 - Present
Format: Online
Full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
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PsycINFO
Coverage Dates: 1872 - Present
Format: Online
PsycINFO(R), produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports, all in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1,500 periodicals written in over 35 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. Over 60,000 references are added annually through weekly updates.
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ScienceDirect
Coverage Dates: 1995 - Present
Format: Online
Full text access to scholarly journals in the sciences, technical, and medical fields.
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Social Sciences Citation Index
Coverage Dates: 1990 - Present
Format: Online
Scholarly articles in the social sciences. Excellent source for conducting a cited reference search.
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Related Databases
- Academic Search Premier [about]
Academic Search Premier
Coverage Dates: Varies (mid-1990s) - Present
Format: Online
Contains full-text for 3,180 journals, and indexing for over 4,100. Some full-text titles have publisher's embargos which prevent the most current content from being online.
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Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption Database
Coverage Dates: 1965 - Present
Format: Online
Contains over 32,000 bibliographic citations and abstracts of professional literature, primarily of U.S. origin. Publication types include books, journals, government reports, conference papers, state annual reports, curricula, and unpublished papers.
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PsycCRITIQUES
Coverage Dates: 1995 - Present
Format: Online
PsycCRITIQUES is a database of full-text reviews of current books, some popular films, and comparative reviews of books. It replaces the print journal <I>Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books</I>
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Social Services Abstracts
Coverage Dates: 1980 - Present
Format: Online
"CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,500 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews."
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For the study of neuroscience, also try these sources:
Medline
Covers biology, medicine, health sciences
Science Citation Index
The same as Social Sciences Citation Index above, but for the sciences
Reference Sources
Dictionary of Psychology
Main Ref. BF31.C65 2001
Penguin Dictionary of Psychology
Main Ref. BF31.R43 2001
Dictionary of Psychology 2003 (online from Oxford Reference )
Dictionary of Cognitive Science
Main Ref. BF311.V56713 2004
Encyclopedias-General
Encyclopedia of Psychology (Kazdin)
Main Ref. BF31.E52 2000
Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis
Main Ref. RC437.E49 1996
Handbook of Psychology
Main Ref. BF121.H1955 2003
Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought 1993 (online from xreferplus)
Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science 2004 (online from xreferplus)
Oxford Companion to the Mind
Main Ref. BF31.O94 2005
A one-volume encyclopedia of concepts, persons, and theories.
International Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Neurology
Main Ref. RC334.I57
A source of comprehensive and authoritative information on most areas of psychology and related fields. Its strengths are in experimental and theoretical psychology, psychoanalysis, therapeutic approaches, and psychiatry. Less impressive is its coverage of neuroscience.
Encyclopedias-Special Topics
MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Main Ref. BF311.M556 1999
Handbook of Child Psychology
Main Ref. BF721.H242 1998
Vol. 1: theoretical models of human development; Vol. 2: cognition, perception, and language; Vol. 3: Social, emotional, and personality development; Vol. 4: Child psychology in practice
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
Science Ref. RC334.E3 1999
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Main Ref. RC437.G35 2003
Other
Names in the History of Psychology/Biographical Dictionary of Psychology
Main Ref. BF109.A1Z85
DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders)
Main Ref. RC455.2.C4D536 2000
Standard reference source for the classification of mental disorders; now in its 4th edition.
Annual Review of Psychology
Important source of current research in psychology. Each volume contains review articles which discuss past and present studies of some topic from the field of psychology. The articles conclude with an extensive bibliography of research related to the topic.
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dictionaries and encyclopedias on psychology and neuroscience.
Web Sites
There are thousands of Web sites covering the field of psychology. These four subject-arranged gateways will serve to guide you through the maze of choices.
Psychological Tests and Surveys
Note that these sources contain only descriptions and reviews of test, not the actual tests. To obtain a test you must contact the publisher.
Mental Measurements Yearbook (Library has vols. 1940- )
Main Ref. Z5814.P8 B932
Issued every 6-7 years, descriptive listings, references and reviews of new and revised commercially available instruments. To search MMY by title, subject, or keyword click here. Please note: this search site has the option of purchasing reviews of tests - these reviews are the same as those in MMY.
Test Critiques
Main Ref. Z5814.P8 T419 1984
Published 1984-1994, each of the ten volumes contains approximately 100 critical reviews of commercially available test. There is significant, but not complete, duplication with Mental Measurements Yearbook.
Measures for Psychological Assessment : A Guide to 3,000 Original Sources and Their Applications
Main Ref. BF698.5 .C45
Comprehensive bibliography of experimental (unpublished) mental health measures. The items appeared in 26 journals between 1960 and 1970.
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment
Main Ref. BF39 .E497 2003
To help with the understanding of the theory, methodology, measurement, and other areas of psychological assessment.
Style Manual
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Main Ref. Desk BF76.7 .P83 2001
Science Ref. BF76.7 .P83 2001
Main Reserve 136b